Double defeat points to unwinding of Conservative Brexit coalition

Defeat for the Tories in two key byelections shows that tactical voting could put safe seats in play if replicated at a general electionWakefield and Tiverton and Honiton are at opposite ends of the country geographically, socially and politically. But they have two features in common: both voted Leave heavily in 2016, and both turned against the Conservatives last week. Defeats on the same day in a northern “red wall” seat and a southern rural stronghold suggest that, six years on f